‘Apocalyptic’: Israel destroys mosque, bombs market in southern Lebanon

Israel hits confederate Lebanon successful caller circular of aerial raids, portion astatine slightest 15 radical are killed successful attacks successful cardinal and bluish parts of the country.

A bid of Israeli aerial raids person destroyed a mosque and levelled a marketplace successful confederate Lebanon, successful what has been described arsenic “apocalyptic” scenes arsenic Israel intensifies and widens its bombardment run crossed the country.

In the latest Israeli raid aboriginal connected Sunday, an aged mosque successful the colony of Kfar Tibnit successful confederate Lebanon was “completely destroyed”, the National News Agency reported. There were nary contiguous reports connected deaths.

In the confederate metropolis of Nabatieh, an onslaught connected a marketplace precocious connected Saturday killed respective radical and caused a fire, according to the Lebanese Red Cross. The fig of dormant and injured is yet to beryllium determined owed to the immense fire.

The fig of dormant and injured from the Israeli onslaught connected Nabatieh could not beryllium determined arsenic yet owed to the immense occurrence [Abbas Fakih/AFP]

Al Jazeera’s Laura Khan, reporting from superior Beirut, said the Lebanese Red Cross is inactive trying to spot “if determination were immoderate survivors and trying to propulsion retired those injured”.

“Many radical person taken to societal media. They person been sending videos of what astir seems similar apocalyptic scenes – full streets destroyed.

“The occurrence was truthful atrocious that exigency services were not capable to get successful and spot if determination were bodies successful the rubble,” said Al Jazeera’s Imran Khan, reporting from Hasbaiyya successful Nabatieh governorate, adding that the marketplace “is present wholly destroyed”.

The latest attacks followed an Israeli bid for Lebanese civilians to evacuate 23 confederate villages. Many radical fled to bluish Lebanon to flight Israeli aerial raids.

Meanwhile, astatine slightest 15 radical were killed and 37 wounded successful attacks successful cardinal and bluish Lebanon arsenic Israeli forces deed astatine slightest 3 areas extracurricular the accepted strongholds of the Lebanese group, Hezbollah.

The municipality of Deir Billa successful bluish Lebanon was deed successful an Israeli aerial raid for the archetypal clip since hostilities escalated. Two radical were killed and 4 injured arsenic unidentified “body parts” were recovered aft an Israeli attack, the Lebanese Ministry of Public Health said.

In Barja, southbound of Beirut, 4 radical were killed and 18 wounded successful a raid, according to the ministry, which besides reported 9 deaths and 15 injuries successful an “enemy strike” connected the colony of Maaysrah to the northbound of Beirut.

(Al Jazeera)

The Israeli attacks besides wounded another United Nations peacekeeper successful the south, prompting UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and Western countries to condemn the attacks, which the UN described arsenic a “serious development”.

Andrea Tenenti, spokesperson for the UN peacekeeping ngo successful Lebanon, UNIFIL, said helium feared an Israeli escalation against Hezbollah could soon spiral “into a determination struggle with catastrophic interaction for everyone”. There is “no subject solution”, Tenenti added.

UNIFIL said astatine slightest 5 UN peacekeepers had been wounded during the warring successful confederate Lebanon successful 2 days. Tenenti said “a batch of damage” had been caused to its posts there.

According to reports, US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin told Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant successful a telephone connected Saturday that UNIFIL indispensable not beryllium targeted.

Meanwhile, Hezbollah said its fighters detonated an explosive instrumentality and clashed successful weapon battles with Israeli forces who tried to infiltrate Ramyah colony successful confederate Lebanon. The radical said connected societal media it inflicted deaths among the Israelis and that warring was continuing astir the village.

Israel says immoderate 300 rockets were fired from confederate Lebanon into bluish Israel successful the past 24 hours.

Lebanon’s Health Ministry said astatine slightest 1,645 radical person been killed since Israel escalated attacks connected Lebanon successful September, portion a full of 2,255 person present died aft a twelvemonth of warring betwixt Hezbollah and the Israeli forces.

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